the "book of principles" (constitution) - discussion

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As we saw from many posts, it will be best for our nation to split the rules to different books. This thread will serve as a discussion point of what should be in the "book of principles".
This book should only contain the main rules for the game, no details! The details will be worked out in the "book of laws" and the "book of regulations".

The pro/con discussion of splitting the constitution should be spawned to other threads (see below) and kept to minimum in here to avoid clutter.

 

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Citizen discussion: Veto of Amendment 1
Demogame Concerns - Citizen discussion encouraged
Citizen Discussion : Article 5. Veto Provisions

Poll:split the constitution? (informational)
splitting the constitution - how can that work?
the "book of regulations" (constitution) - discussion
the "book of laws" (constitution) - discussion
the "book of principles" (constitution) - discussion

 

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reserved for summarization of rules we complied on

 

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difference of the books:
book of principles: hard to change (citizen+cabinet poll)
book of law: easy to change (citizen poll)
book of regulations: easy to change (citizen poll)
maybe the outcome will be that the last two will be one.

ranking of books:
principles->laws->regulations
this means for example a rule in the "book of laws" has to comply to the rules in the "book of principles".

remember:
* the rules here are hard to change
* only game principles in here

 

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my first proposal:

rule#1:
citizenry has all the power! if in doubt, the decision of the citizenry should be the final decision.

or something like that. this should be the first of all rules

 

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proposal for a rule:
* a turn-chat is used for playing out the turns

 

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• Jun 4, 2002

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I've been working on a preamble. This is a statement that comes before the actual Constitution body that explains the overall thrust of the document. I've tried to duplicate the "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" statement without actually using those words.

Comments, please.

We, the people of Phoenatica, in order to create an atmosphere of friendship and cooperation, establish this Constitution of our beloved country. We uphold the beliefs that each citizen must have a voice in the government and ruling of our country, that government itself is a construct of and servant to the people, that rules, regulations, and laws should be established to facilitate the active participation of the people and to make possible the dreams and desires of Phoenatica. We will always strive to balance the needs of efficiency with the desires of the people.

 

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• Jun 7, 2002

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Originally posted by Shaitan
We, the people of Phoenatica ... dreams and desires of Phoenatica. We will always strive to balance the needs of efficiency with the desires of the people.

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I would change the ending to read:

... dreams and desires of Phoenatics. We will always strive to ascertain and implement the desires of the people.